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Nigeria launches bid round for 12 oil and gas blocks
NEWS
Nigeria - May 09, 2024

Nigeria has opened a bid round covering 12 onshore and deepwater oil and gas blocks in its prolific Niger Delta Basin.

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Nigeria to introduce crude trading on commodities exchange
NEWS
Nigeria - April 19, 2024

Up to 20% of Nigeria's crude will be traded on the Lagos commodities exchange under a new government plan.

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Africa Energy Bank on track for $5-billion launch this year
NEWS
Multinational - March 27, 2024

The Africa Energy Bank, a fund created to address gaps in oil and gas project finance in Africa, is on track to begin operations in H2.

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Second WTI cargo heads for Nigeria’s Dangote mega-refinery
NEWS
Nigeria - March 05, 2024

A second WTI oil cargo is on its way to Nigeria's recently commissioned 650,000-bpd Dangote Refinery.

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Interview
Nigeria - April 03, 2023

Emeka Ene, managing director of Oildata Energy Group, talks to The Energy Year about the Kwale Gas Gathering (KGG) project, which the company is currently helping to…

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Interview
Nigeria - April 03, 2023

Segun Sowande, partner and head of energy and natural resources for KPMG in Nigeria, talks to The Energy Year about challenges in the Nigerian oil and gas industry and…

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Niger aims to triple oil output by 2018
NEWS
Niger - October 15, 2015

Niger aims to more than triple its oil production by 2018.

Output from the West African country stands at 20,000 barrels of oil per day. The government hopes to…

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Nigeria disrupts black market oil trade
NEWS
Nigeria - September 25, 2015

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps reported it had destroyed eight illegal refineries and seized 42 oil tankers used in smuggling black market oil to the…

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First oil from Otakikpo
NEWS
Nigeria - September 07, 2015

Nigeria’s Otakikpo field on the southeastern Niger delta began production on Saturday, Nigerian exploration and production company Lekoil reported in a company press…

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Shell re-opens Nigeria pipelines
NEWS
Nigeria - September 03, 2015

Shell announced on Tuesday that it has re-opened two key pipelines in Nigeria after spending a few days shuttered when the company declared force majeure on August…

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Simone VOLPI
Interview
Nigeria - June 30, 2015

Simone Volpi, managing director of Intels Nigeria, talks to TOGY about the role logistics bases play in developing the country’s hydrocarbons industry and the impact…

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Interview
Nigeria - June 25, 2015

Much of Nigeria’s pipeline infrastructure dates back to the 1960s, which affects the country’s ability to provide feedstock to power plants. With some of the…

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Chevron to sell two Nigeria stakes
NEWS
Nigeria - June 25, 2015

Chevron has announced that it will sell its 40-percent stakes in two Nigerian shallow-water developments, Oil Mining Leases (OML) 86 and 88.

The sale of the Niger…

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